Senate Bill 2148

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE DISPLAY OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ON
PUBLIC PROPERTY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

WHEREAS, the Ten Commandments are a
declaration of fundamental principles that are the cornerstone of a fair and
just society; and

WHEREAS, the Declaration of Independence
declares that governments are instituted to secure certain unalienable rights,
including life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, with which all human
beings are endowed by their Creator to which they are entitled by the laws of
nature and of nature's God; and

WHEREAS, the organic laws of the United
States Code and the constitutions of every state, using various expressions,
recognize God as the source for the blessings of liberty; and

WHEREAS, the First Amendment to the
Constitution of the United States and Section 18 of the Mississippi
Constitution of 1890 secure rights against laws respecting an establishment of
religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; and

WHEREAS, disputes and doubts have arisen
with respect to public displays of the Ten Commandments, NOW, THEREFORE:

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION
1. The Ten Commandments may be
displayed on or within property owned or administered by the state or its
political subdivisions.

SECTION
2. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage.